Little Havana FP

[RogerGarrett]

Hi everyone,

Several months back I purchased 5 or 6 kits of the Platinum Little Havana Fountain Pen, and I finally got around to making them (it took awhile to get a 35/64 drill bit!).

Anyway - I think I originally purchased these because they were on closeout from CSUSA - and now I wish I had purchased a ton of them. These are really great little/big pens!

I looked online and have not found any more for sale, but I noticed that the El Toro looks exactly like the Little Havana - and the instructions appear to be the same.

Are these the same pens with different names? Do they use the same bushings?

I'll try to post a few pictures of the Little Havanas made recently in the Show off your pens forum. Anyone else find that they really like this particular style?

Best,
Roger Garrett

 

[Rifleman1776]

The Little Havana is a love/hate pen. I'm a hater. CS had problems with mis-matched fittings. They can be tricky to make. Good luck. Going from memory, I believe the El Toro is the same pen.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Roger, count me as one of the lovers of the Little Havana. The El-Toro is very close but not the same.. Now for the good news here is a link to one of our members who is now selling it in 2 finishes and with a crystal in the clip :http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34737, .

 

[TellicoTurning]

So far, we're two for and two against... I've made 5, successful with 3, but only after I reworked them a couple of times.. they are great when they work.

 

[gerryr]

The El Toro is not the same pen. It looks the same, the bushings and tubes are the same, but the feed is different. I have managed, after a great deal of fussing and screwing around, to get an El Toro to accept one of Lou's SF nibs. I did this on my own bone El Toro and have only used it a bit and I'm not sure how solid the nib is. I would not sell one to a customer the way it is.

I screwed up the first El Toro I made and have had no problems making either the El Toro or Little Havana since. It is one of my favorites.

 

[RogerGarrett]

Originally posted by Rifleman1776

CS had problems with mis-matched fittings. They can be tricky to make.........

Frank,

Do you mean the way the cap screws to the body after the pen is made?

Best,
Roger Garrett

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Frank, I've made a couple dz. Little Havanas and haven't found any mis matched fittings could you elaborate if you speaking of bad or mis matched parts or putting the C/B on the upper barrel.

Originally posted by RogerGarrett

Originally posted by Rifleman1776

CS had problems with mis-matched fittings. They can be tricky to make.........

Frank,

Do you mean the way the cap screws to the body after the pen is made?

Best,
Roger Garrett